The player has ‘no interest’ in joining Sunderland as the Black Cats move for his signature

Sunderland are among the clubs in the race to sign Ajax’s Chuba Akpom in the winter market.

On Thursday we covered claims from France who said Sunderland are pushing to sign the striker. In addition to the black cats, RC lens and Lille also show interest in him.

The 29-year-old has the experience of playing in the Championship from his previous spells at Middlesbrough and Hull City. He left Boro for the Dutch club in August 2023 and Régis Le Bris’ side are reportedly looking to bring him back to England in January.

Claims of Sunderland’s interest in Akpom have reached the Dutch media, more specifically Algemeen Dagbladwhich then provide their own roof.

The newspaper claim that the Eredivisie side currently have at least five players who are not good enough for them, and the Sunderland target is among them. They add that neither is ‘moving rapidly towards the exit’ at this point.

As for Akpom, the ad state he has ‘no interest’ in joining the Championship side in this window.

The forward has managed eight goals and one assist from 31 appearances for AJAX this season AD. regularly pointed to as someone who might leave and probably shouldn’t have been bought in the first place.

Football media in the Netherlands can be very harsh.